THE OSCAR NOMINATED SHORT FILMS 2015 - LIVE ACTION
25.2. and 4.3. 2015
The Oscar Shorts are back in the Czech Republic and Slovakia at one screening – all the five finalists of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (A.M.P.A.S.) – Best Short Film including the winner. At iShorts night, you will have an unrepeatable opportunity to see whether the Oscar went to the right one. The screening of films will be held only once and the places are limited. So it is now or maybe in a year… iShorts and ShortsHD present: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2015 LIVE ACTION
AYA (Israel/France)
Director: Mihal Brezis, Oded Binnun | Producers: Yaël Abecassis, Pablo Mehler |
Star: Sarah Adler, Ulrich Thomsen |
Year: 2012 | Length: 39 min | Live Action |
Two strangers unexpectedly meet at an airport. He mistakenly assumes her to be his assigned driver. She, enchanted by the random encounter, does not hurry to prove him wrong.
BOOGALOO AND GRAHAM (UK)
Director: Michael Lennox | Producer: Brian J. Falconer |
Star: Martin McCann, Charlene McKenna |
Year: 2014 | Length: 14 min | Live Action |
Jamesy and Malachy are over the moon when their soft-hearted dad presents them with two baby chicks to care for. Raising their tiny charges, declaring themselves vegetarian and dreaming of running a chicken farm, the two boys are in for a shock when their parents announce that big changes are coming to the family. Starring Martin McCann, Charlene McKenna, Riley Hamilton and Aaron Lynch.
BUTTER LAMP (France/China)
Director: Hu Wei | Producer: Julien Féret |
Star: Genden Punstock |
Year: 2013 | Length: 15 min | Live Action |
A young itinerant photographer and his assistant offer to photograph some Tibetan nomads in front of various backgrounds.
PARVANEH (Switzerland)
Director: Talkhon Hamzavi | Producer: Stefan Eichenberger |
Star: Brigitte Beyeler, Cheryl Graf, Nissa Kashani, Jana Pensa |
Year: 2013 | Length: 25 min | Live Action |
A young Afghan immigrant travels to Zurich where she encounters a punk named Emily.
THE PHONE CALL (UK)
Director: Mat Kirkby | Producers: Mat Kirkby and James Lucas |
Star: Sally Hawkins, Jim Broadbent, Edward Hogg, Prunella Scales |
Year: 2013 | Length: 21 min | Live Action |
“THE PHONE CALL” follows HEATHER, (played by OSCAR® nominee SALLY HAWKINS), a shy lady who works at a helpline call centre. When she receives a phone call from a mystery man (played by Oscar winner JIM BROADBENT) she has no idea that the encounter will change her life forever.
Total lenght of the screening 114 min. In original language with Czech and English subtitles.
